Multiplan Arhitekti have shared with us their competition-winning design for an art gallery on one of Zagreb's most prominent streets. The ALUARTFORUM gallery, designed for the University of Zagreb and located next to the existing Academy of Fine Arts, will fill one of the last remaining open spaces on Ilica Street.
More on the design of the gallery after the break
The design of the gallery is largely dictated by the 'gallery path', an almost ceremonial entrance way which leads the visitor around the building and up onto the main entrance on a balcony overlooking the street. The architect describes the path as an element which helps the visitor "turn away from the public and enter more privately, intimately" into the gallery.
The entrance pathway also features a sloped outdoor seating area that can serve as an almost theatrical space, allowing the gallery to host events and talks which contributes to its ambition of being a forum for art.
On the street level, a glazed ground floor gives passers-by a view into the gallery, but denies them an entrance. Their curiosity guides them onto the path which encompasses the building before reaching the entrance.
Elsewhere, the building asserts its importance with an almost monolithic character, standing apart from the line of buildings on Ilica Street. The travertine facade adds to this monolithic character.
Architects
Location
1 Ilica Street, 10000, Zagreb, CroatiaDesign Team
Ales Znidarsic, Katja Zlajpah, Gasper Fabijan, Vesna Vranicar, Andrea Donatovic PoljicakStructural engineering
Janko MeleMechanical engineering
ISP d.o.o.Structural physics
Peter ZargiClient
University of ZagrebArea
2500.0 sqmPhotographs
Jan Jazbec, Courtesy of Multiplan ArhitektiLocation
1 Ilica Street, 10000, Zagreb, CroatiaPhotographs
Jan Jazbec, Courtesy of Multiplan ArhitektiArea
2500.0 m2Structural Engineering
Janko MeleMechanical Engineering
ISP d.o.o.Structural Physics
Peter Zargi
